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Race-stratified analyses were conducted.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 3,209 CRC patients, 54.1% were male, 71.4% White, and 55.8% were married. LOCRC was diagnosed in 81.2%. Patients who were former smokers (OR: 1.89; 95% CI: 1.50, 2.39), had T2D (OR: 1.92; 95% CI: 1.44, 2.57), hypertension (OR: 2.46; 95% CI: 1.65, 3.66), and hyperlipidemia (OR: 3.32; 95% CI: 2.35, 4.70) had higher odds of LOCRC, whereas obesity (OR: 0.61; 95% CI: 0.48, 0.77) had lower odds of LOCRC compared to EOCRC. Hypertension showed significant association with LOCRC in White patients. 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